Letter to the editor: R's, not D's, are jeopardizing Medicaid funding

Republicans in the Legislature are claiming that the reason that they oppose expanding Medicaid is that we can't count on Congress to follow through with the promised support.

Who in Congress can't be counted on? Republicans keep complaining about the Democrats being all-too-ready to maintain programs such as Medicaid, while Republicans are the ones wanting to cut them back.

So what Republicans are really saying is that they intend to sabotage these programs. To give themselves cover, they want to pretend that "Congress" is unreliable, rather than admit the truth. This is the kind of phoniness that the Republican Party has become known for.

- Jim Prouty, Ames

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Letter to the editor: R's, not D's, are jeopardizing Medicaid funding

Republicans in the Legislature are claiming that the reason that they oppose expanding Medicaid is that we can't count on Congress to follow through with the promised support.